Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canada Just Saw 1 In 20 Businesses Close In A Month, Biggest Wave Since Pandemic Canadian small businesses are struggling to stay above water these days. Roughly 1 in 20 businesses shuttered their doors in June, the largest wave since the pandemic. […]
Over just a few months, Canada went from fears of overleveraged borrowers to trying to stimulate borrowing. That was the take from BMO Capital Markets, who took a look at the slower-than-normal growth for mortgage debt. In a report sent to investors, the bank’s chief economist explains they expect healthier levels of borrowing by next […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate US Border Stopped 1,200 Terror Suspects From Canada, Urges Tighter Immigration Evidence that Canada’s breakneck population growth is unsustainable is starting to pile up. The latest blow comes from US border data that shows a surge of terror suspects attempting to cross […]
Nova Scotia is the latest province to wage war on remote work as governments try to anchor people to big cities. The Government of Nova Scotia (GNS) has ordered thousands of its non-union staff to work out of the office full-time starting next month, even those who haven’t since 2015. The move follows corporate and […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canada Is Killing Work-From-Home & It’s Bad News For Small City Real Estate Canadians embraced work-from-home almost immediately in 2020, especially in government. It was branded the “new normal,” which workers took as a cue to move into distant suburbs, breathing new […]
The Canadian population is surging but concerns of excess supply are still mounting. As widely anticipated, the Bank of Canada (BoC) announced a rate cut this morning at its September meeting. The central bank is seeing progress on inflation but it may be too much—they’re now worried about deflation. At least one of Canada’s largest […]
Canada’s economy is expanding, but the details are worth reviewing before getting too excited. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) data shows real gross domestic product (GDP) grew more than expected in Q2 2024. A dive into the details shows productivity further eroded on a per capita basis, while household spending weakened. Most growth is now government […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadian Real Estate Inventory Grew More Than 2x The Rate of Sales Canadian home sellers expected rate cuts to stimulate the market, but apparently no one told buyers. July saw annual growth of new listings grow at double the rate of sales. […]
Canadian real estate markets aren’t firming up with rate cuts—demand is softening. RBC is warning investors that early data shows rate cuts failed to stimulate major markets in July. In fact, they generally observed the opposite trend—sales continued to weaken while inventory climbed, as investors try to lighten their market exposure in key regions like […]
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate A Quarter of Employed Canadians Now Work For The Government Canada’s surging population is outpacing job growth, and it may get a lot worse. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) data shows that 1 in 4 employed people now work for the government, which […]
